{"id":4502,"date":"2023-06-15T17:13:00","date_gmt":"2023-06-15T15:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lover-coach.com\/the-importance-of-not-confusing-flirting-with-harassment\/"},"modified":"2025-02-25T16:27:49","modified_gmt":"2025-02-25T15:27:49","slug":"the-importance-of-not-confusing-flirting-with-harassment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lover-coach.com\/en\/the-importance-of-not-confusing-flirting-with-harassment\/","title":{"rendered":"The importance of not confusing flirting with harassment."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Our team of female coaches has often wondered how a normal man could sincerely fail to perceive the huge gulf between seduction and harassment. Why do men find it hard to understand that there is a significant difference between flirting and insisting? Why do some men think they can cross the red line and make it work? What is their self-perception that justifies such aggression?   <\/p>\n\n<p>After interviewing several men on the subject, the answers seemed logical, though not acceptable. It seems that men are often brought up to be conquerors and can&#8217;t stand rejection. They often have the idea that everything is allowed to them, that nothing resists them. It also seems that the idea of forcing a woman&#8217;s hand persists despite changes in attitudes and behavior. These preconceived ideas come from another era and have no place in the 21st century.    <\/p>\n\n<p>So, gentlemen, our recommendations are simple:<\/p>\n\n<p>1) When a chick says no, it really, truly, unambiguously means NO.<\/p>\n\n<p>2) When a woman shows no desire to get closer to you, when she tries to put a physical and\/or verbal distance between you, it means she doesn&#8217;t want you to insist. She wants you to respect this distance. <\/p>\n\n<p>3) When a woman refuses a drink, a date, an invitation or a token of affection, it&#8217;s because she&#8217;s not interested in you. Insisting in this case becomes harassment. <\/p>\n\n<p>4) If the woman you&#8217;re flirting with doesn&#8217;t respond to your calls, texts, e-mails or any other manifestations on your part, stop immediately.<\/p>\n\n<p>5) Touching a woman&#8217;s shoulder, forearm or hand is a sign of attention or affection. Taking a woman by the shoulders, putting an arm around her waist, even taking her hand without her having indicated that she felt like it, is a mark of appropriation. And appropriating someone&#8217;s body without their consent is harassment.  <\/p>\n\n<p>6) Talking dirty, making inappropriate sexual allusions, talking ambiguously about the direction your relationship might take is harassment. Who gives you the right to be so vulgar? <\/p>\n\n<p>7) Making a woman understand that if she doesn&#8217;t finally give in to your advances, she&#8217;ll pay the price is not only a form of harassment, but also an act of intimidation punishable by law.<\/p>\n\n<p>Now you have enough examples to distinguish the wheat from the chaff. But since you&#8217;re obviously a Lover, there&#8217;s no way you&#8217;re going to give in to this kind of old-fashioned behavior. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our team of female coaches has often wondered how a normal man could sincerely fail to perceive the huge gulf between seduction and harassment. Why do men find it hard to understand that there is a significant difference between flirting and insisting? 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